“The failure of the Republicans’ misguided effort to replace the Affordable Care Act by themselves is good news for the millions of Americans who would have seen their premiums rise or lost their health insurance altogether under the Republican plan.

“Now is not the time for Republicans to double down on their partisan strategy, or for Democrats to high-five over the other side’s political disaster.

“Full repeal or failure of the current system would take us back to a time where an unexpected illness can bankrupt a family and our emergency rooms are full of parents seeking basic care for their children.

“Americans don’t send leaders to D.C. to fail, they send us here to work together on solutions. Now is the time for Democrats and Republicans to get serious about bipartisan health care solutions.

“Last week, my colleagues and I introduced a plan – Solutions Over Politics – to stabilize the individual health insurance market to increase choice for Americans that use the exchanges and slow growth of premiums and deductibles. These are solutions that members of both parties can support, and should be the starting point for a bipartisan, open process to protect what is working in our health care system, and fix what isn’t.”